From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Running external info within Emacs Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:56:49 +0300 Message-ID: <83ilei44hq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <864jq2cxsv.fsf@gnu.org> <831ql65qew.fsf@gnu.org> <86wn2y5lo6.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35088"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Arash Esbati Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 30 17:57:37 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1phuee-0008vq-6Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:57:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1phudn-0002u2-Uu; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:56:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1phudm-0002tm-7p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:56:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1phudl-0003kH-Op for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:56:41 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=o1tAX/J8ADtQG/d6KCilmWdLuaHiwQImp6upT4tBMas=; b=UrNXtvSJnzgs KnuDcflPb4vbNT602CLmetqaYM61X65u0+lW4AuPPZ8GsFXOis4cVVc/EWLdlJB/zE1q6vmk+hEWQ 5KCfdhkaqmogYBZsdY593bs2yiuxZ0cLISs7Ow0DJRYapPnHuAdzIuhHCTAutsANFWeySzNOhbSLZ Z1OuifKcBTAAolWIxnebG5yzjCKuKhj1dhL6tGymJdv37k3ITEuUGqgSBje2VB0c1+0SHO5n8uS5l /iosBu2MvSq2rD6sRrxmfCnJytgtY4stz0WBzqRUOJI6Kux9mi8enj+EzTukFRiNyOQGi6EycWOyY aUvufspFYyvm+zUW0ujgFA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1phudi-0001hH-6n; Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:56:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <86wn2y5lo6.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Arash Esbati on Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:00:25 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:304874 Archived-At: > From: Arash Esbati > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:00:25 +0200 > > 'echo $INFOPATH' in a MinGW64 shell returns (line-breaks added manually) > > /mingw64/local/info: > /mingw64/share/info: > /usr/local/info: > /usr/share/info: > /usr/info:/share/info: > /c/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/doc/info > > (getenv "INFOPATH") in Emacs returns: > > "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\local\\info; > C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\share\\info; > C:\\msys64\\usr\\local\\info; > C:\\msys64\\usr\\share\\info; > C:\\msys64\\usr\\info; > C:\\msys64\\share\\info; > C:\\texlive\\2023\\texmf-dist\\doc\\info" > > > What is the file name of the latex2e Info file, > > latex2e.info > > > and does it have a menu entry in the DIR file in any of the > > directories mentioned in INFOPATH? > > Yes, the dir file starts like this: > > This is the file .../info/dir, which contains the > topmost node of the Info hierarchy, called (dir)Top. > The first time you invoke Info you start off looking at this node. >  > File: dir, Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree > > This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics. > Typing "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here, > "h" gives a primer for first-timers, > "mEmacs" visits the Emacs manual, etc. > > In Emacs, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference > to select it. > > * Menu: > > Science > * Asymptote: (asymptote). Vector graphics language. > * Asymptote FAQ: (asy-faq). FAQ for Asymptote. > > TeX > * Dvipng: (dvipng). DVI to Portable Network Graphics (PNG). > * Dvips: (dvips). Translating TeX DVI files to PostScript. > * Eplain: (eplain). Expanding on plain TeX. > * EpsPDF: (epspdf). Portable GUI&cmdline EPS/PS/PDF conversion. > * Kpathsea: (kpathsea). File lookup along search paths. > * LaTeX2e: (latex2e). LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual. > [...] Then this is either a bug in MSYS2 stand-alone Info reader, or something else is at work here that we don't see. What happens if you copy latex2e.info to C:\msys64\mingw64\share\info?